First gay caveman found (Telegraph)

Archeologists believe the remains of a man found in the Czech Republic – dated to 2900 to 2500 B.C. – represents the first gay or transsexual caveman found, the Telegraph reported.

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The body was buried in a way normally reserved for women at the time – with head pointing east and surrounded by domestic jugs. Reported the Telegraph:

“From history and ethnology, we know that people from this period took funeral rites very seriously so it is highly unlikely that this positioning was a mistake,” said lead archaeologist Kamila Remisova Vesinova.

“Far more likely is that he was a man with a different sexual orientation, homosexual or transsexual,” she added.

Rituals from the era – the “Corded Ware culture,” which spanned from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age – called for the burial of men on their right side, with heads facing west. Weapons, hammers and flint knives also traditionally accompanied male burials, the Telegraph said.

Women were buried on their left side, with heads facing east, and surrounded by necklaces, earrings, jugs and a pot.

“We believe this is one of the earliest cases of what could be described as a ‘transsexual’ or ‘third gender grave’ in the Czech Republic,” archaeologist Katerina Semradova is quoted as saying at a press conference.